(BCN) — A Northern California woman died from a venomous snake bite this month, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
On April 10 at about 11 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office was notified by a local hospital in Ukiah that a 78-year-old Redwood Valley woman died from a suspected snake bite.
According to the coroner’s investigation, the woman was taken to the hospital on April 8 after being bitten by a snake in a rural area of Redwood Valley. She was apparently bitten by a venomous snake three times and treated for the bites at the hospital, but her health deteriorated. She was pronounced deceased on April 10 at 9:30 a.m.
A post-mortem examination of the woman was carried out on April 15 and her death was determined to be caused by blood-clotting issues and snake envenomation from snake bites, the sheriff’s office said.
It was ruled an “accidental death” by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy coroner and pathologist.
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